Nostoi, fragment 8.1 (7W; Clement of Alexandria, 6.12.7)


“Gifts debase the minds and actions of men”

 

δῶρα γὰρ ἀνθρώπων νόον ἤπαφεν ἠδὲ καὶ ἔργα

 

What are the nostoi? (Hint: Odysseus experienced one…)

Who was Clement of Alexandria?

Scholar and Saint

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